The comparative study of electoral systems /
The comparative study of electoral systems /
edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- 429 p. : ill. b&w ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-418) and index.
The Impact of Political Institutions / The Project -- "Big Social Science" in Comparative Politics / Methodological Challenges / Electoral Participation -- Socio-economic Status and Non-voting / Electoral System, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout / Political Parties, Candidates, and Issues -- Multiple Party Identifications / Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems / Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? / Economic Voting / Yoshitaka Nishizawa -- The Ease of Ideological Voting / How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment / Expressive and Instrumental Voting -- Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning / District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting / Political Support -- Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries / Jacques Thomassen and Henk van der Kolk -- Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Ashley Grosse and Andrew Appleton -- David A. Howell and Karen Long Jusko -- Neil Nevitte, Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau -- Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. Karp -- Hermann Schmitt -- Soren Holmberg -- John Curtice and W. Phillips Shively -- Yoshitaka Nishizawa -- Martin Kroh -- Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard Wessels -- Gabor Toka -- Thomas Gschwend -- Ola Listhaug, Bernt Aardal, and Ingunn Opheim Ellis -- Ch. 1. Pt. 2. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Pt. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. 4. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Pt. 5. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Pt. 6. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies /
Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behaviour. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in elections governed by proportional representation. However, such assertions rest on shaky ground simply because solid empirical knowledge to evaluate the impact of political institutions on individual political behaviour is still lacking. The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems has collected data on political institutions and on individual political behaviour and scrutinized it carefully. In line with common wisdom results of most analyses presented in this volume confirm that political institutions matter for individual political behaviour but, contrary to what is widely believed, they do not matter much.
9780199642397
Elections
Representative government and representation
Voting
Political parties
324.6
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-418) and index.
The Impact of Political Institutions / The Project -- "Big Social Science" in Comparative Politics / Methodological Challenges / Electoral Participation -- Socio-economic Status and Non-voting / Electoral System, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout / Political Parties, Candidates, and Issues -- Multiple Party Identifications / Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems / Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? / Economic Voting / Yoshitaka Nishizawa -- The Ease of Ideological Voting / How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment / Expressive and Instrumental Voting -- Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning / District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting / Political Support -- Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries / Jacques Thomassen and Henk van der Kolk -- Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Ashley Grosse and Andrew Appleton -- David A. Howell and Karen Long Jusko -- Neil Nevitte, Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau -- Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. Karp -- Hermann Schmitt -- Soren Holmberg -- John Curtice and W. Phillips Shively -- Yoshitaka Nishizawa -- Martin Kroh -- Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard Wessels -- Gabor Toka -- Thomas Gschwend -- Ola Listhaug, Bernt Aardal, and Ingunn Opheim Ellis -- Ch. 1. Pt. 2. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Pt. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. 4. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Pt. 5. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Pt. 6. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies /
Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behaviour. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in elections governed by proportional representation. However, such assertions rest on shaky ground simply because solid empirical knowledge to evaluate the impact of political institutions on individual political behaviour is still lacking. The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems has collected data on political institutions and on individual political behaviour and scrutinized it carefully. In line with common wisdom results of most analyses presented in this volume confirm that political institutions matter for individual political behaviour but, contrary to what is widely believed, they do not matter much.
9780199642397
Elections
Representative government and representation
Voting
Political parties
324.6